{"product_id":"women-and-health-in-america-2nd-ed-historical-readings-paperback","title":"Women and Health in America, 2nd Ed.: Historical Readings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith W. Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thoroughly updated second edition, Judith Walzer Leavitt, a leading authority on the history of women's health issues, has collected thirty-five articles representing important scholarship in this once-neglected field. Timely and fascinating, this volume is organized chronologically and then by topic, covering studies of women and health in the colonial and revolutionary periods and the nineteenth century through the Civil War. The remainder of the book concentrates on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and addresses such controversial issues as body image and physical fitness, sexuality, fertility, abortion and birth control, childbirth and motherhood, mental illness, women's health care providers (midwives, nurses, physicians), and health reform and public health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Walzer Leavitt is Ruth Bleier Professor of History of Medicine, History of Science, and Women's Studies and the associate dean of faculty at the medical school, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Healthiest City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSickness and Health in America\u003c\/i\u003e, both also available from the University of Wisconsin Press, as well as \u003ci\u003eTyphoid Mary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrought to Bed: Childbearing in America 1750-1950.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 8.98 x 6.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45309419225190,"sku":"9780299159641","price":63.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/c24zaGlrTXNVd2pnTWltRFdHY0w5Zz09.webp?v=1774209034","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/women-and-health-in-america-2nd-ed-historical-readings-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}